TOPDIVE French Polynesia

TOPDIVE French Polynesia

Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Tetiaroa, Tikehau, Rangiroa, Northern pass of Fakarava & Southern pass of Fakarava | Price Varies p.p.p.n

TOPDIVE is one of the best dive tour operators in French Polynesia with 7 dive centers located on the country's best islands for diving: Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Tetiaroa, Tikehau, Rangiroa, Northern Pass of Fakarava & Southern Pass of Fakarava.

Pricing

Varies, depending on the type of package. Contact us for more information. 

How to Get There

TOPDIVE offers dive packages in Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Tetiaroa, Tikehau, Rangiroa, Northern pass of Fakarava, & Southern pass of Fakarava. Most visitors to French Polynesia arrive at Faa'a International Airport in Tahiti, the only international airport in French Polynesia. You can then take another flight to your dive destination.

Dive Overview

Its stunning underwater diversity makes French Polynesia one of the best diving destinations in the world, boasting colorful tropical fish, manta rays, and an array of sharks. Consisting of 118 incredible islands and atolls that host many varied dive sites, French Polynesia provides adventure for both the most and least experienced scuba divers, offering a special experience for everyone.

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Locations & Dive Information

TOPDIVE Tahiti Overview

TOPDIVE Tahiti dive center is ideally situated in the heart of the Intercontinental Tahiti Resort. It promises easy access to 12 very lovely dive sites located on the west and east coasts of the island.

Facilities & Services 

• Refresh dive before other islands
• Free Nitrox immediately available
• Wreck dive
• Night dive
• Free transfers from all resorts (From Le Méridien to Tahiti Nui Hotel)
• Yacht services
• Private boat
• Private instructor
• Nearby snack bar
• Snorkeling
• Honeymoon dive
• Diving for kids
• Whales watching
• Drift dive
• Discovery dive
• 2 tank dive
• Dolphins watching
• Sharks encounter
• Nearby beach

Accommodation Overview

InterContinental Tahiti Resort & Spa offers 5 different types of rooms: Standard Rooms, Superior Room, Panoramic Room, Overwater Bungalow and Suite. Each of the guestrooms and bungalows is air-conditioned and equipped with a balcony or a terrace, a spacious bathroom with shower and bathtub, hairdryer, flat-screen cable TV, direct dial international telephone, private safe, minibar, tea and coffee making facilities, 110/220V outlets, an iron and ironing board, and Wi-Fi Internet. Contact us for more information

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TOPDIVE Moorea Overview

Located only 9 miles from Tahiti, Moorea, the sister island, offers spectacular dives on the outside reef. During your dives in Moorea, you’ll meet many sharks, including the impressive Lemon Sharks who have made their diving reputation in Moorea. The 2 TOPDIVE Moorea dive centers are ideally situated at the InterContinental Moorea Resort and Spa and at the Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort & Spa, strategically close to the best dive sites on the northern coast of the island.

Facilities & Services 

• Free Nitrox immediately available
• Night dive
• Free transfers from all resorts and pensions
• Yacht services
• Private boat
• Private instructor
• GoPro Rental
• Nearby snack bar
• Snorkeling
• Honeymoon dive
• Diving for kids
• Drift dive
• Discovery dive
• 2 tank dive
• Sharks encounter
• Nearby beach

Accommodation Overview 

InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa Hilton offers 4 types of rooms: Lanai Room, Garden Pool Bungalow, Overwater Bungalow, & Beach Bungalow. Each of the143 rooms features modern facilities such as air conditioning, international direct dial telephone, wireless Internet, television, minibar, tea/coffee service, safe, iron, and ironing board.

Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort & Spa offers various types of guestrooms and suites, each equipped with modern and convenient amenities.

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TOPDIVE Bora Bora Overview

One of the TOPDIVE centers is located In Vaitape, facing the only pass called Te Ava Nui, the diving center is perfectly situated for easy access to the ocean’s exceptional sites around Bora Bora island. The other one is located in the heart of the InterContinental Resort & Thalasso Spa and this center is ideally situated for exploring the lagoon, special manta ray or shark dives on the outskirts of the lagoon. The last location at the Bora Bora Pearl Beach Resort & Spa offers a quality service for every type of diving.

Facilities & Services 

• Free transfers from all resorts and pensions (by minivan on the island and by boat on the motus)
• Free Nitrox immediately available
• Yacht services
• Private boat
• Private instructor
• GoPro Rental
• Nearby snack bar
• Snorkeling
• Nitrox
• Honeymoon dive
• Diving for kids
• Whales watching
• Drift dive
• Discovery dive
• 2 tank dive
• Sharks encounter
• Nearby beach

Accommodation Overview 

InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa offers 5 types of rooms: Emerald Overwater Villa, Sapphire Overwater Villa, Diamond Overwater Villa, Diamond Otemanu Overwater Villa and Diamond End of Pontoon Overwater Villa. Each villa Each features a spacious furnished sundeck with outdoor freshwater shower, a shaded area and a sundeck with direct access to the water.

Bora Bora Pearl Beach Resort & Spa offers a variety of guestrooms including garden suites with private pools, beach suites with private Jacuzzis, and overwater bungalows with direct access to the hotel's nearby coral nursery, To'a Nui.

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TOPDIVE Tetiaroa Overview

Benefiting from a wildlife protection and preservation program, Tetiaroa is another sanctuary of biodiversity in the Pacific. During the dives, you will encounter many colorful fish in their coral habitat (triggerfish, parrotfish, surgeonfish…) as well as big animals that frequent the external slope of the reef: white tip sharks, grey sharks, spotted eagle rays, turtles, dogtooth tuna. The TOPDIVE dive center is located in the prestigious hotel “The Brando”. This luxury resort offers a new ecological vision of tourism.  

Facilities & Services 

• The comfort at the Brando hotel
• Whales watching
• Introductory dive in the crystal-clear waters of the lagoon
• Private diving excursion available
• Yacht services
• Private boat
• Private instructor
• GoPro Rental
• Nearby snack bar
• Diving for kids
• Drift dive
• Discovery dive
• 2 tank dive
• Snorkeling
• Nitrox
• Whales watching
• Dolphins watching
• Sharks encounter
• Nearby beach

Accommodation Overview

Hotel The Brando offers 3 types of villas: One Bedroom Villas, Two-Bedroom Villas, and Three Bedroom Villa. Each room in the villas features its own dressing room, bathroom, and outdoor bathtub. Contact us for more information

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TOPDIVE Rangiroa Overview

Dives in Rangiroa are action-packed and exhilarating, with sightings of dolphins, marlin, grey and hammerhead sharks, manta rays… The 2 TOPDIVE Rangiroa dive centers are perfectly located, very close to Tiputa pass for easy access to the most beautiful dives Rangiroa has to offer. One located in the heart of the Kia Ora Resort & Spa and the other a few meters away in Avatoru.

Facilities & Services 

• Pick up directly on the pontoon of the Kia Ora Resort
• Free Nitrox immediately available
• Dolphins encounter
• Free transfers from all resorts and pensions
• Yacht services
• Private boat
• Private instructor
• GoPro Rental
• Nearby snack bar
• Snorkeling
• Diving for kids 
• Drift dive
• Discovery dive
• 2 tank dive
• Sharks encounter
• Nearby beach
• Sunset dive

Accommodation Overview

Hotel Kia Ora Resort & Spa offers 3 types of accommodations: Overwater Bungalow, Pool Villa and Beach Bungalows. Each room comes with air conditioning, ceiling fan, private terrace, refrigerator, safety box, telephone, iPod station (30-pin) & radio, TV, coffee & tea set, hairdryer, iron & ironing board, amenity goods, slippers, bathrobe, bath towel, face towel, pool towels. Contact us for more information

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TOPDIVE Fakarava North Overview

Fakarava has been classified as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve due to the rich diversity of its ecosystem. The undersea flora and fauna promise a richness in the myriad species you are likely to encounter. The dive center is located on the northern side of the village of Rotoava. The main meeting point for divers before and after dives.

Facilities & Services 

• A very large pass to offer various dives
• Sharks encounter during all dives
• Amazing coral garden
• Drift dive
• Free transfers from all resorts and pensions
• Yacht services
• Private boat
• Private instructor
• Nearby snack bar
• Nitrox
• Diving for kids
• Discovery dive
• 2 tank dive
• Sharks encounter
• Nearby beach

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TOPDIVE Fakarava South Overview

Fakarava has been classified as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve due to the rich diversity of its ecosystem. The undersea flora and fauna promises a richness in the myriad species you are likely to encounter. In the southern part of the atoll, a third dive center is located on the Motu Penu, very near the Pension Motu Aito Paradise and the southern pass.

Facilities & Services 

• Pink sand beaches
• Drift dive
• Free Nitrox immediately available
• Free transfers from all resorts and pensions in the south of the atoll
• Yacht services
• Private boat
• Private instructor
• Diving for kids
• Discovery dive
• 2 tank dive
• Sharks encounter
• Nearby beach

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TOPDIVE Tikehau Overview 

Dives in Tikehau are done in the pass as in the oceanic slopes and the lagoon. Tikehau is well-known to be an ideal island to encounter stately manta rays.

Facilities & Services 

• Manta rays encounter
• Free transfers from all resorts and pensions
• Private boat
• Yacht services
• Nearby snack bar
• Diving for kids
• Drift dive
• Discovery dive
• 2 tank dive
• Sharks encounter
• Nearby beach

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Packages & Rates

TOP DIVE Packages, Details and Rates 

TOPDIVE Packages overview

TOPDIVE offers various diving packages and courses. Private dives and video services are also available on request. Contact us for the latest pricing of each package and to find more information on other packages available!  

Inter-island Gold Pass

With their 6, 10 or 20-dive inter-island Gold pass, you can dive on 6 islands: Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Rangiroa, Fakarava, and Tikehau. The package is only for certified divers and can be used by 2 divers in any of the TOPDIVE centers.  

Free Nitrox Diving in French Polynesia

Scuba diving with enriched nitrox air allows for no more decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives. In all TOPDIVE centers, Nitrox dives are offered at no extra charge for all Nitrox certified divers. For non-certified divers, they offer Nitrox PADI certifications, SSI, FFESSM/CMAS, ANMP/Cedip, and PADI.  

Blue Honeymoon Dive

This private dive will be organized just for you and your loved one, accompanied by your own diving instructor and an instructor that will capture your most memorable undersea moments on camera. This excursion is available at TOPDIVE dive centers TAHITI, MOOREA & BORA BORA. Excursion includes: 2 introductory dives with a private instructor, shell leis, a refreshing after-dive fruit drink and your romantic dive recorded on USB driver!  

Discover Shark Diving 

The Polynesian waters play host to many different species of sharks. With our experienced divemasters at TOPDIVE, we can assure the safest possible conditions in order for you to observe and marvel at the beauty of this mysterious creature.

TOPDIVE Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Rangiroa, and Fakarava dive centers offer an SSI specialty course called, SSI Shark Ecology. Its purpose is to allow any certified diver the opportunity to identify, recognize and describe shark species in relaxed and secure conditions.

The standard dive rule-of-thumb for observation of these species is usually to be slightly negatively buoyant as to adhere close to the seafloor, and not to attract too much attention. Main species in French Polynesia: The Whitetip lagoon shark, The Grey reef shark, Blacktip reef shark, Lemon shark. During the course of your dives, you may encounter other shark species like the Silvertip shark, the Silky shark, the oceanic whitetip shark, the Tiger shark, and even the Whale shark.  

Dolphins and Whales watching around Tahiti

You can come to approach and watch dolphins playing near the passes of Tahiti throughout the year (except for whales season) and encounter whales around Tahiti every year, from August to October. During wales season, they also offer whales watching around Bora Bora in private tour.

Diving Courses 

• Scuba Diver: Your first diving certification in just 2 days! This quick and easy certification will then allow you to dive up to 12 meters deep with a guide. It is valid for life and worldwide. It includes 3 dives, a handbook, tables, a dive logbook & a certificate.
• Open Water Diver: The Open Water Diver course will give you the knowledge and skills necessary for safe diving in the 18-meter depth area. Training takes place on 3 or 4 days depending on your availability. It includes 6 dives, handbook, tables, dive logbook, certificate.
• Introductory dive: Introductory dive takes place in the afternoon on a secure and reassuring dive site. You will be supervised by a professional instructor and a cameraman can accompany you, so you can have the video of your dive. It includes 1 dive.
• Advanced Open Water Diver: This diving training allows you to progress quickly and in a playful way. 2 imposed themed dives: deep (between 18 to 30 meters) and orientation. The themes for 3 other dives will be at your convenience. It includes 4 SSI Specialities, Digital kit, Digital certification.

2023 Rates & Availability

All prices are in French Pacific Franc (XPF) and are valid for the year 2023. These rates include all taxes, pick-up and dive gear. For more information on rates, availability and to book, drop us an email at info@bluewaterdivetravel.com or call us today at -1+310-915-6677. We will gladly help you plan your dream vacation!

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Practical Information 

• Credit Cards Accepted: Yes (Visa/MasterCard/American Express)
• International Airport: Faa'a International Airport
• Language: French and Tahitian. English is spoken in all hotels.
• Time Zone: GMT-10
• Electricity: 220Volts - 60Hz

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Underwater Gallery

Image Credit: Greglecoeur

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